[Sust-mar] Peace Events in Our Province + U.S. War Resister Chuck Wiley Tour NS next week!

[Tamara Lorincz]

12 UPCOMING PEACE EVENTS IN WOLFVILLE, HALIFAX, TRURO, NEW GLASGOW, MAHONE
BAY & BRIDGEWATER - Please spread the word!


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"SECURITY BEYOND THE STATE.  THE PRIVATIZATION OF SECURITY IN AFRICA"
The International Development Studies Program is pleased to announce a
seminar on "Security Beyond the State.  The Privatization of Security in
Africa" by Rita Abrahamsen, Associate Professor, School of International
Development and Global Studies and Graduate School of Public and
International Affairs, University of Ottawa Date: FRIDAY, March 11, 2011
Time:  12 noon
Room:  MM 227
SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY


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Rise for Africa: Supporting Women and Children affected by war in Sierra
Leone The Muslim Student Association invites to you to our first Fundraiser
Gala called "Rise for Africa: supporting women and children affected by war
in Sierra Leone". The Gala will be held on March 13, 2011 at
6:45 pm at the SUB in the McInnis room at Dalhousie University. The feature
speaker of the night will be Mariatu Kamara, a survivor of the war in Sierra
Leone and the founder of the Mariatu Foundation which helps women in Sierra
Leone and author of the book " The bite of the Mango".   She will also have
a book signing where you will be able to have a one-on--one with Mariatu!
There will be other speakers too that night such as Dr. Munir El Kassem and
Dr. Jamal Badawi along with El Jones a great local poet! All proceeds will
be donated to the Mariatu Foundation and the Cassava Brothers. The Cassava
Brothers are known for growing cassava, an edible root and selling it in
order to provide for the orphans in the war torn regions of Sierra Leone.
The dinner for the gala is provided by Tarek's Cafe, a well-known middle
eastern restaurant in Halifax. We will also be auctioning off some great
items. Tickets are $25 for student and $30 for adults. Please invite all of
your friends and family members and we hope you can join us in this event!
For tickets please contact me at sn834307 at dal.ca.


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HALIFAX PEACE COALITION & NSVOW MEETING
Planning for the Global Day of Action Against Military Spending, Scott
Taylor, Peace Film Festival etc...
Monday, March 14 at 7:00 p.m.
Just Us! Café, 5896 Spring Garden Rd. More info:
www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca All welcome!


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BREAKING RANK: U.S. WAR RESISTER CHUCK WILEY SPEAKS OUT: TALK & FILM
SCREENING
Talk & Film Screening “Breaking Ranks”
TOUR DATES:
• Weds. March 16, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Community Rm., New Glasgow Public Library,
182 Dalhousie St. New Glasgow. 
• Th. March 17, 12:00-2:00 p.m., Riverview Room of Jenkins Hall, Nova Scotia
Agricultural College, College Road, Bible Hill. 
• Th. March 17, 7:00- 9:00 p.m., Rm. 241, Beveridge Arts Centre, Acadia
University, 10 Highland Ave.,Wolfville. 
• Fri. March 18, 12:00-1:30 p.m., Rm. 1107, Mona Campbell, Dalhousie
University, 1459 LeMarchant St., Halifax. 
• Fri. March 18, 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Sobeys 255, Sobeys Bldg., 903 Robie St.
Saint Mary’s University, Halifax. 
• (*Vigil for Justice for Iraq) Sat. March 19, 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Halifax
Public Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax 
Event description: Free, public talk and film screening with Chuck Wiley,
the most senior U.S. military officer to become a war resister in Canada.
Chuck was with the U.S. Navy for 17 years and deployed to Iraq on the USS
Enterprise. In 2007, he refused to redeploy to Iraq and came to Canada as a
war resister. He will share his compelling personal story of conscience.
Plus there will also be a special screening of the NFB documentary “Breaking
Ranks” about four U.S. soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada. Chuck is on a
tour of Nova Scotia to raise awareness of the plight of war resisters in
Canada and to mark the 8th anniversary of the illegal war and occupation of
Iraq and. Part of the national campaign to “LET THEM STAY”. More information
at www.resisters.ca  

Tour Organizers: Halifax Peace Coalition.  
Sponsors: New Glasgow Public Library, Students' Union of the Nova Scotia
Agricultural College, Acadia University, Saint Mary’s University, SMU-PIRG,
and the Centre for Foreign Policy Studies. 

About Chuck Wiley:  
Chuck Wiley is a member of a family with deep military roots: one of his
ancestors was a Revolutionary War soldier, and every generation since has
had a member who has been proud to defend his country. Until February 2007,
Chuck was no exception. Chuck entered the U.S. Army before he had even
finished high school. He was in the Navy as a nuclear engineering technician
and rose to a supervisory position on the USS Enterprise. In May 2006, the
USS Enterprise was deployed as part of Operation: Iraqi Freedom, to provide
air support off the coast for troops on the ground in Iraq and carrying out
bombing and surveillance missions at their request. This was his first
deployment as a Chief Petty Officer; this rank allowed him access to a new
range of information about what was happening in Iraq. Chuck says, "Much of
this information troubled me on a personal level." He returned to the United
States with his ship in November 2006. The ship would be redeployed to Iraq,
but Chuck made the decision not to go and was reprimanded for open
discussion of his concerns about the war with others in his crew, and
threatened with the charge of sedition. So on February 11, 2007, Chuck and
his partner Jamie discreetly left Norfolk Naval Base in Virginia and came to
Canada. 

About the Film: 
Breaking Ranks is a moving documentary about the plight of four U.S.
soldiers seeking sanctuary in Canada as part of their resistance to the war
in Iraq. With intimate access to four American military deserters, their
lawyers and families, this film documents their experiences as they try to
exercise their consciences amidst profound emotional, ethical and
international consequences. If deported, they face the venom of mainstream
American opinion and one to five years in prison. Filmed over the course of
the refugee process, this provocative film explores the meaning of duty as
these young soldiers share their personal stories of moral awakening and the
burden that it brings. Director: Michelle Mason. National Film Board of
Canada (2005). 

About War Resisters Campaign Canada: www.resisters.ca  - LET THEM STAY
For more information about Nova Scotia Tour, please contact Halifax Peace
Coalition: 
(Web) www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca (Email) hfxpeace at chebucto.ca (Facebook)
“Halifax Peace Coalition”


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PEACE VIGIL TO END THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
Come to mark the 8th anniversary of the illegal U.S. war & occupation of
Iraq. Join the call to end the wars in Iraq & Afghanistan. Sat. March 19,
1:00-2:00 p.m. at Halifax Public Library, 5381 Spring Garden Rd., Halifax.
US War Resister Chuck Wiley will be joining us!


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PEACE VIGIL AGAINST THE F-35 STEALTH FIGHTERS Monday, March 15
4:00-5:00
82 Aberdeen Rd. Bridgewater, Nova Scotia Organized by the South Shore
Council of Canadians


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WE WERE NOT THE SAVAGES – PLEASE HEAR THE TRUTH BY DR. DANIEL PAUL
Tue, March 22, 11:30am – 1:00pm
Where: Atrium building, room 101, Saint Mary’s University
Description: On Tuesday March 22nd from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm we’re having Dr.
Daniel N. Paul speak as a voice for first Nations people. Dr. Paul’s talk
will take place in the new Atrium building, room 101
Dr. Paul is the Author of the book “We were not the Savages.”


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HUMANITY'S MISSION: CUBA'S MEDICAL INTERNATIONALISM IN HAITI
Public lecture on Cuba's Medical Assistance to Haiti by Dr. William Alvarez
Consuegra, Member of Cuba's Medical Mission to Haiti
7pm, Tuesday, March 22
Room 105
Weldon Law Building
Dalhousie University
6061 University Avenue, Halifax
A free event sponsored by the Nova Scotia Cuba Association & Canadian
Network On Cuba
In 2010, Dr. William Álvarez Consuegra was a director of campaign hospitals
for the Cuban medical mission in Haiti. He also served from 2006-2008 in the
Cuban medical mission to Honduras sent in response to Hurricane Mitch, and
the 2005 mission to Pakistan dispatched in the aftermath of the earthquake
that struck that country. Currently he works and teaches at the Dr. Ernesto
Guevara General Educational Hospital, in the city of Las Tunas, Cuba. Dr.
Álvarez Consuegra is 38-years old and speaks Spanish and English.  Cuba's
medical internationalist mission in Haiti is a profound challenge to those
who argue that relations among the world's nations and peoples are - and can
only be - determined by self-interest, the pursuit of power and wealth. Cuba
provides the example that it is possible to build relations based on genuine
solidarity and social love: demonstrating the alternatives which permit
people to realize their deepest aspirations, and that another better world
is possible.


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EARTH DREAM PEACE FILM FESTIVAL IN MAHONE BAY
April 7-9 *Lots of great films including Scott Taylor's "Outside the Wire".
The full line-up here:
http://www.planetfriendly.net/calendar/events.php?id=13884


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GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION ON MILITARY SPENDING 
Tues. April 12 at noon at the Spring Garden Library in Halifax. Part of the
international day of action to call for the redirection of spending on war
and weapons to social and environmental needs. More details about local
event to come. Organized by the Halifax Peace Coalition and the NS Voice of
Women for Peace: www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca See also: www.demilitarize.org
*Please watch this:
http://demilitarize.org/featured/video-figure-cost-save-world/


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PEACE-ING IT TOGETHER: PEACE EDUCATION CONFERENCE 
April 7-9, Halifax 
Organized by the Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union:
http://www.nstu.ca/pklot/peaceing%20it%20together%20brochure%20web.pdf


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AFGHANISTAN: OUTSIDE THE WIRE
Esprit de Corps journalist Scott Taylor Talk & Film Screening “Afghanistan:
Outside the Wire” on Apr. 7 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at Alumni Hall, King’s
College, 6350 Coburg Rd., Halifax.


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*Please sign the petition against the $16 billion F-35 stealth fighters:
http://www.ceasefire.ca/ 


*ALSO: Israel Apartheid Week in Halifax 2011:
http://halifaxpalestine.blogspot.com/ Lots of events being planned. 


*Please write Premier Dexter to oppose any plans for a trade mission to
Israel " Israel’s ambassador to Canada wants to expand ties with N.S." :
http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1231279.html 


For peace, earth & justice,

Tamara

Tamara Lorincz
55 Willowbend Court
Halifax, NS CANADA B3M 3L3
Phone: (902) 443-2423
Cell: (902) 478-1379
tlorincz at dal.ca
ECJ: http://www.ecojustice.ca
GN: http://www.space4peace.org/
HPC: http://www.halifaxpeacecoalition.ca/ 
NSEN: http://www.nsen.ca
"A better world is possible"

"Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary
spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility
to poverty, racism, and militarism." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., 1967

"Without a doubt, military spending represents the single most significant
perversion of worldwide priorities known today." Former President of Costa
Rica, Oscar Arias, 1999